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Social Media Ban Moves Closer in Australia

Australia advances a social media ban for minors under 16
Australia is moving closer to implementing what could be the world’s first national ban on social media use by children under 16, marking a potential setback for major platforms like Meta (Facebook, Instagram) and TikTok.
Australia social media teen ban software trial organisers say the tech works
SYDNEY - Some age-checking applications collect too much data and no product works 100 per cent of the time, but using software to enforce a teenage social media ban can work in Australia, the head of the world's biggest trial of the technology said on Friday (June 20).
Australia to ban social media for children, age-verification trial concludes successfully
Australia is poised to become the first country to implement a nationwide ban on social media usage for children under 16, following a successful trial of age verification technology.
Social media ban for teens in Australia: Age-verification tech trial succeeds
Australia is set to become the first country in the world to enforce a nationwide ban on social media access for children under 16, backed not by a sophisticated suite of age-verification technologies that have now been proven to work.
Teen social media ban clears first hurdle in Australia
Some age-checking applications collect too much data and no product works 100% of the time, but using software to enforce a teenage social media ban can work in Australia, the head of the world's biggest trial of the technology said on Friday.
Australia's teen social media ban: Age verification tech “works," say trial organizers
Australia's proposed ban on under-16s using social media is gaining momentum as a government-backed trial indicates age-verification software is viabl
Australian trial says tech for social media teen ban can work
Australia's world-leading ban on under-16s joining social media sites cleared a big hurdle Friday as a trial found digital age checks can work "robustly and effectively."
With six months until the teen social media ban, Australia still hasn’t figured out how it’ll work
Six months have passed since Australia's 'world-first' social media minimum age law was passed. Only now are we going to hear the nitty-gritty of what tech companies will need to do.
Social media ban for children is ‘destined to fail’ unless parents address their own smart phone addiction, pyschologist warns
Australia will lead the world when it brings in the ban later this year. A psychologist who briefed the law said there’s only ...
eSafety boss reveals scale of ‘harmful’ videos on YouTube, urges ban for children
Four in 10 young teenagers have been exposed to harmful content such as eating disorder videos on the platform, which is set to escape the child social media ban.
French President Emmanuel Macron to Push for Ban on Social Media for Under-15s After School Stabbing
French President Emmanuel Macron said he would push for European Union regulation to ban social media for children under the ...